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Patricia Smith (1955) is a poet, spoken word performer, playwright, author, writing teacher, and former journalist.
She was born in Chicago and lives in Westchester County, New York. She is a four time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam and winner of the Thurston-Wright Legacy Award in Poetry, the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, the National Poetry Series award, the Patterson poetry award and the Pushcart prize. In 2006, she was inducted into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent.
She gained notoriety when The Boston Globe asked her to resign after editors discovered her metro column contained fictional characters and fabricated events in violation of journalism practice.

Bibliography

Fixed on a Furious Star, a biography of Harriet Tubman, coming from Crown in 2008.
"Blood Dazzler," poems about Hurricane Katrina, coming from Coffee House Press in 2008.
Teahouse of the Almighty, selected as a National Poetry Series winner, published in 2006 by Coffee House Press
Jana and the Kings, 2003, Lee & Low, winner of the New Voices Award for new children's book authors
Africans in America, history, companion book to the PBS television series of the same name, Harcourt Brace 1998, (co-authored with Charles Johnson)
Close to Death, poetry, 1993, Zoland Books
Big Towns, Big Talk, poetry, 1992, Zoland Books
Life According to Motown, poetry, 1991, Tía Chucha Press
Her poetry has appeared in major literary journals including The Paris Review and TriQuarterly, and dozens of anthologies including The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, and Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade

Journalism

Chicago Sun-Times, 1979-1990.

Reporter, columnist for The Boston Globe, 1991-1998.

Won the Distinguished Writing Award for Commentary from the American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1997. ť The Globe later returned the ASNE award and withdrew her from consideration for a Pulitzer Prize after the newspaper acknowledged that some of her columns contained fabricated people, events, and quotes. Smith admitted to four instances in her columns.(External Link

) She was asked to resign from the Globe after this revelation.

Staff columnist, Ms. magazine, 2000-2002.

Staff columnist for Afazi.com, a now-defunct online magazine for African-American women, 2000 ==

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